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Forbes has named the University of Illinois Springfield’s bachelor’s degree in English a top online program for 2023. According to Forbes, UIS made the list because of its low student-to-faculty ratio, use of the common app and high student retention rate.

The University of Illinois Springfield is establishing a new Institute for Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice as part of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. The mission of the new institute is to offer academic programs, develop community partnerships and outreach, and conduct research to help address social justice issues in central Illinois and beyond.

Miriam L. Wallace has been named the new dean of the University of Illinois Springfield College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS). She will serve as dean-designate until formal approval by the Board of Trustees. She is expected to start in her new role on July 1.

Q and A with Dr. Peter Shapinsky, Professor of History

Dr. Shapinsky was recently featured as an Episode Advisor in the PBS video “The Obscure History of Japanese Sea Lords.” In this Q and A, Dr. Peter Shapinsky talks briefly about his experience working on the project.

How did PBS reach out to you?

Q and A with student Regina Ivy

Education: Undergraduate

Adam Larison

UIS Music Instructor

What inspired you to be a musician?

Alumni interview with Christine Ferree, Executive Director of Prairie Center for Sexual Assault in Springfield, IL.

Ferree is a resident of Springfield, Illinois. She began to call Springfield home after living in several states due to having a parent enlisted in the military. She transferred to UIS from Lincoln Land Community College in 2015 and graduated with her BA in English in 2017. She then returned to UIS for her MA in Political Science in 2019, and she now has only the thesis to complete.

Dr. Ryan Williams, associate professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UIS, has contributed his expertise to the popular Netflix documentary series, I am a Stalker. Production crew and campus interviews occurred in March 2022, and Williams spent hours speaking with the producers, who he says were “curious and open to listening to what the scholarly literature has found on the topic.”

“Criminologists rarely get asked by the media to discuss crimes other than violent murders, which make up a small percentage of violent crimes,” Williams says.

The City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) has awarded a grant of $50,000 for a Chicago Monuments Project (CMP) to Hinda Seif, Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology at University of Illinois Springfield, and Laurie Matheson, director of the University of Illinois Press.